Trans activists set 'survival skills' focus amid Trump's executive orders for Trans Day of Visibility weekend

The workshop is included as part of a broader series of events for Trans Fest on Sunday in the Tenderloin district. 

"Art & Creative Resistance" is also one of the events, where people can do stencil making, printmaking and "hands-on altar making."

"As a result we face increased discrimination, violence, and the erosion of our rights," the flyer states. "From healthcare access to legal protections, our trans community needs to be seen, heard, and supported now more than ever. We call on all of the LGBTQ+ community and all of our allies to join together to demand equality, dignity and protection of our rights. This protest will amplify our collective voice and demand meaningful change."

In Atlanta, the LGBTQ affairs department in the mayor's office is hosting a Trans Day of Visibility celebration at City Hall, called "Deeper than Visibility: How We Talk about Us."

The events this year come on the heels of President Trump's series of executive orders aimed at limiting gender ideology influence in federal policies and education. In February, Trump signed an executive order titled "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports," banning biological males from participating in female-designated athletic competitions. Trump also signed the "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government" executive order establishing a binary definition of sex as male and female, determined at conception.